Revell - 427 Shelby Cobra

[Eric Cole]

I have finally finished something........

This is Revell's 427 Shelby Cobra kit. I've painted it with Tamiya AS-12 Bare Metal Silver, trying to get an unpainted aluminum body look. I took some liberty with the decal placement making a phantom racer. The Chrome was stripped off the wheels, windshield frame, etc... and repainted with various metalizers and Duplicolor brand Chrome paint. I had problems getting the chassis to fit in the body and the stance was way too high as well as the wheels stuck out too far. I had to "adjust" a few things to get it to sit they way I wanted it to.

[rickerzipper]

Great Work on your Cobra, you have made a fine example of one. Looking at your build makes me want to jump in it and lite up those tires...speaking of tires, did they come with the kit or are they an "add-on" (if so, what brand and where can I get them?)

Thanks for the info and thanks for building your car.

Rick

[0tobe60in10minutes]

hey very nice cobra. the wheels look very good without the chrome. i have a question though. im almost finished with my car, and im wondering if you used any kind of applier for the pinstripes on the wheels. anyway love this little car. nice work.

[quadzero]

very nice and clean cobra. you sure did a great job on it.

[mickbench]

Nice Cobra. Looks great in AS12, but I’m unsure as to why you had problems fixing the body to the chassis. I built mine, and the body just fell onto the chassis for me, and the stance looked pretty realistic so I didn’t change anything. I did however strip off the chrome as it was the worst kit chrome I’d ever seen. And wasn’t the exhausts a terrible fitment? And I just couldn’t get the front windscreen to fit the frame, as my glass was warped.

The front of yours is a little lower looking at mine and yours now I look at it some more. This is mine, if you fancy taking a look –

http://www.pictureparking.com/show_gallery.php?gid=2496

Anyhow, nice model, good work.

[sportracer02]

Originally Posted by quadzero

very nice and clean cobra. you sure did a great job on it.

[alakai]

Beautiful job. You captured the bare aluminium look perfectly!

[tonioseven]

Superb! That silver provides a convincing unpainted look!:P

[Eric Cole]

Thanks for all the compliments....

The tires I used are the ones that came from the kit. I lightly sanded the sidewalls to get rid of the shine, sanded the tread, etc... The blue stripe on the tire was done by flowing thinned flat blue acrylic paint into the groove molded into the tire. The Goodyear decals are out of a fujimi GT40 kit.

The exhuast in the kit were terrible... Mick, you did a much better job on them than I could (and your cobra looks great by the way). I gave up on my exhaust and used a set from a fujimi cobra kit. Painted them flat black and then used some artist pastels to lightly brush on some tan/gray heat effect.

[blubaja]

Super clean! Keep up the great work!

[klutz_100]

Nice one Eric!
That bare metal look works very well

[SkylineFan]

Great looking ride Eric!!!! I love the bare metal look!!!